Image Credit: Robert ZuckermanUnstoppable takes its title very seriously, as the Fox runaway-train film led the box office on Friday by grossing $8.1 million, according to early estimates. The result should give star Denzel Washington his eighth debut of at least $20 million in nine films, even though the $85 million action film fell short of the opening days of his last two projects, The Book of Eli ($11.7 million) and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 ($8.2 million). Also, although Unstoppable was No. 1 on Friday, it’ll likely finish the weekend second to DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind, which tallied $7.9 million on Friday for a drop of 37 percent. Megamind will benefit from kids being out of school on Saturday and Sunday — last weekend, the animated superhero comedy soared 64 percent on Saturday. As a result, expect Megamind to finish the weekend with about $29 million and Unstoppable to pull into the station with around $23 million.
In third place was the Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis comedy Due Date, which fell 55 percent for $5.5 million, and should conclude the weekend with about $16 million. Skyline landed a bit softer than I was expecting — the alien-invasion thriller sucked up $4.7 million on Friday to settle into fourth place. That figure suggest a weekend total of about $13 million, which is right in line with Universal’s hopes for the Brothers Strause film. I thought it’d earn closer to $20 million, but with a budget of only $10 million, Skyline will still be a success story. Fifth place went to the workplace comedy Morning Glory, which attracted $3.1 million. The Rachel McAdams movie should transition from the weekend with just under $10 million. Check back here on Sunday for the complete box office report.
1. Unstoppable — $8.1 mil
2. Megamind — $7.9 mil
3. Due Date — $5.5 mil
4. Skyline — $4.7 mil
5. Morning Glory — $3.1 mil
Box office preview: Can Megamind slow down Unstoppable?
Did I just fart?
I liked this movie the first time I saw it, when it was called, “Speed.”
Mega-mega-megamind.
I was so glad to see all the movies that did well. It really made my day.
I’m going to spend $10 to see Unstoppable, and then spend $13 on a small soda and small pop corn. Money does grow on trees.
Buy your soda at taco bell and sneak into the movie theater you save money!
This is the exact thing that I do except I usually bring in a chicken quesadilla as well.
Nothing interesting to see. Looks like I will be playing COD Black ops this weekend.
It will be interestign to see these movies get steam rolled by HP next week lol
im going see megamind seen the tralier its cute
I got to see Denzel for free and liked the movie very much. We didn’t have popcorn because we went to an Italian restaurant in Rockville Center and enjoyed our veal and chicken marsala. Chris Pine was very good too. The movie was never boring.
I thought Unstoppable was very good and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I have no interest in seeing Megamind though.
Morning Glory wins for worst title. Who’d wanna see a flick named Morning Glory.
Bleeaauucchh
Unstoppable was alot better than I thought it’d be. I’d watch that 10 more times before I see Harry Potter and another boring installment!
Unstoppable was awesome. It was very entertaining. I highly recommend it. I will be seeing it again.
These celebrity voiced computer animated movies, like Megamind, are all starting to look alike as they play in theaters on a regular basis now. When will movie audiences tire of them? Somebody should make fun of how bad they’ve gotten.
What an idiot!